On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:56 -0700, Greg Woodhouse wrote: > Users may say they need such and such a > design, but that design may be ill-suited to their needs. More to the > point, though, the use of a particular database product (or type of > cabling) is simply not a functional issue.
More to the point, you you let your patient determine their own diagnosis and treatment dased on something they read in "Better Health Magazine"? Users have complaints and needs. They have a very limited idea about user design models, technological innovation, data security, or even where the power switch is on their PC. Working with users allow you to improve existing designs and better fill their needs. STUDYING users can help you conceive newer and better systems and tools. But users are never going to be a source of innovative problem solving products or better software design. Ruben ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
